Trial reportInfant behavior & development2020
Parent-Training with Kangaroo Care Impacts Infant Neurophysiological Development & Mother-Infant Neuroendocrine Activity.
Trial report in Infant behavior & development, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- The role of affective touch in mental illness: a systematic review of CT fiber dysregulation in psychological disorders and the therapeutic potential of CT fiber stimulation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Parent-Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact and Stress Regulation: A Systematic Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of skin-to-skin contact on full-term infants' stress reactivity and quality of mother-infant interactions.Developmental psychobiology · 2022Trial
- Daily mother-infant skin-to-skin contact and maternal mental health and postpartum healing: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Effects of Daily Mother-Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact on Breastfeeding Outcomes in the First Four Weeks and Maternal Postnatal Mental Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Different Patterns of Cortical Electrical Activity by Tactile, Acoustic and Visual Stimuli in Infants: An EEG Exploratory Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Kangaroo Method Care: Benefits, Proponents and Barriers: A Narrative Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- Skin-to-Skin Holding in Relation to White Matter Microstructure in Infants Born Preterm.Neurology · 2025Observational
- Social Determinants of Health and Early Brain Development.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2025Review
- Skin-to-skin holding in relation to white matter connectivity in infants born preterm.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
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- Intergenerational transmission of maternal prenatal anxiety to infant fearfulness: the mediating role of mother-infant bonding.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Article
- Inpatient Skin-to-skin Care Predicts 12-Month Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants.The Journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Contact with caregivers is associated with composition of the infant gastrointestinal microbiome in the first 6 months of life.American journal of biological anthropology · 2024Article
- Breast milk oxytocin and s-IgA modulate infant biomarkers and social engagement; The role of maternal anxiety.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Article
- New policies on skin-to-skin contact warrant an oxytocin-based perspective on perinatal health care.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Oxytocin but not naturally occurring variation in caregiver touch associates with infant social orienting.Developmental psychobiology · 2022Article
- Therapeutic Alliance as Active Inference: The Role of Therapeutic Touch and Synchrony.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Therapeutic Alliance as Active Inference: The Role of Therapeutic Touch and Biobehavioural Synchrony in Musculoskeletal Care.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Article
- Oxytocin Neurons Are Essential in the Social Transmission of Maternal Behavior.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
A randomized control trial was conducted to investigate the effects of skin-to-skin, chest-to-chest contact (kangaroo care, KC) in mother-infant dyads on patterns of infant brain activity and associated mother-infant neurohormone releases. 33 mother-infant dyads participated during pregnancy (29-38 weeks gestation), at neonatal and 3-month periods. Overall, analyses indicated that: 1) infants in the KC group showed left frontal brain activation patterns (asymmetry and coherence) associated with KC training; 2) KC produced moderate to large increases in oxytocin levels; and 3) KC yielded moderate decreases in cortisol reactivity. Findings suggest KC may garner favorable neuro-maturational and neurobiological outcomes for dyads.
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